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The self-proclaimed “King of Scumbag Country,” Leroy Virgil founded Hellbound Glory upon arriving in his adopted home of Reno, NV, taking inspiration from the Biggest Little City in the World’s bright lights and dive bars, its hard-living denizens and notorious nightlife. The band quickly drew attention for Virgil’s powerhouse character studies and equally potent blend of underground country, bar band rock ‘n’ roll, swamp blues, and classic Americana, manifested on high-profile tours alongside Leon Russell, ZZ Top, and Kid Rock, as well as a string of acclaimed LPs including 2008’s breakthrough debut, SCUMBAG COUNTRY, and 2010’s OLD HIGHS AND NEW LOWS, recently named among Saving Country Music’s top 5 “Greatest Country Albums of the Decade (2010-2019).”

PINBALL – which marked Virgil’s full-length return after a six year absence – was immediately hailed by Rolling Stone Country as “a mix of scuzzy rock & roll riffing, screeching fiddle and an outlaw streak that goes hand-in-hand with a childhood spent in Aberdeen, Washington, the hometown of Kurt Cobain…The songs on PINBALL are unruly, peopled by characters on crime sprees, gun lovers and those with an affinity for lots of drugs and alcohol.” “PINBALL is a continuation of the band’s rowdy prior efforts,” wrote American Songwriter, “with a clear evolution both sonically and lyrically. Tracks like ‘Empty Bottles’ show a more vulnerable side of Hellbound Glory and make for a nuanced listening experience.”

“Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory is one of the greatest songwriters of our generation… He speaks to the fallen angels of society and victims of theAmerican dream forgotten in the Heartland and beyond the city limits,proud of being scumbags because there’s no other resort.”– Saving Country Music

Hellbound Glory has unveiled the latest track from their new album, PURE SCUM. “Renowhere” is available now at all DSPs and streaming services. Produced by 2x GRAMMY® Award-winner Shooter Jennings (Brandi Carlile, Tanya Tucker), PURE SCUM arrives across all digital platforms on Friday, June 5 via Jennings’ Los Angeles-based Black Country Rock label; pre-orders – including an LP+CD package featuring glow-in-the-dark green vinyl – are available now.

PURE SCUM collects 10 musical “tales of a degenerate gambler” to create what Hellbound Glory’s Reno, NV-based founder/frontman-songwriter Leroy Virgil describes as “the most classic country record Hellbound Glory has ever made…and also the scummiest.” Hellbound Glory’s sixth studio LP and second release via Black Country Rock following 2017’s acclaimed PINBALL, the album was first heralded last month by the haunting first single, “Damned Angel,” joined by an equally evocative companion video directed by Ryan Short (Mudhoney, Local H, Murder City Devils) and streaming now via the official Black Country Rock YouTube channel.

Recorded in just two days at Los Angeles’ Station House Studio with backing from Jennings’ massively talented group of musicians – including Jamie Douglass (drums, percussion), Ted Russell Kamp (bass guitar), John Schreffler (pedal steel, guitars), and Aubrey Richmond (fiddle) – PURE SCUM has already been praised by the likes of Rolling Stone Country, which hailed the LP as “a love letter to (Hellbound Glory’s) gritty Nevada homebase… awash in the traditional country sounds of fiddle, steel, and shuffling acoustic guitar, and features all live vocal takes by the singer.”

The self-proclaimed “King of Scumbag Country,” Leroy Virgil founded Hellbound Glory upon arriving in his adopted home of Reno, NV, taking inspiration from the Biggest Little City in the World’s bright lights and dive bars, its hard-living denizens and notorious nightlife. The band quickly drew attention for Virgil’s powerhouse character studies and equally potent blend of underground country, bar band rock ‘n’ roll, swamp blues, and classic Americana, manifested on high-profile tours alongside Leon Russell, ZZ Top, and Kid Rock, as well as a string of acclaimed LPs including 2008’s breakthrough debut, SCUMBAG COUNTRY, and 2010’s OLD HIGHS AND NEW LOWS, recently named among Saving Country Music’s top 5 “Greatest Country Albums of the Decade (2010-2019).”

PINBALL – which marked Virgil’s full-length return after a six year absence – was immediately hailed by Rolling Stone Country as “a mix of scuzzy rock & roll riffing, screeching fiddle and an outlaw streak that goes hand-in-hand with a childhood spent in Aberdeen, Washington, the hometown of Kurt Cobain…The songs on PINBALL are unruly, peopled by characters on crime sprees, gun lovers and those with an affinity for lots of drugs and alcohol.” “PINBALL is a continuation of the band’s rowdy prior efforts,” wrote American Songwriter, “with a clear evolution both sonically and lyrically. Tracks like ‘Empty Bottles’ show a more vulnerable side of Hellbound Glory and make for a nuanced listening experience.”